Other commonly worshipped deities; are Taweret, the hippopotamus goddess; Sobek, the crocodile god of the Nile; Ma’at, the goddess of justice and harmony; Nephthys, the goddess of night, childbirth, and home, Nut, the goddess of Earth, and Heka, the god of magic. ...
Goddess of the home and childbirth Taweret was a knife-wielding hippopotamus goddess who guarded at home, a protector of women and children who was invoked during childbirth to scare away evil forces. TAWERT BES God of the home and childbirth Bes was a dwarf-like god of the household who p...
She is a unique ancient Egyptian goddess of the vultures, known to be one of the oldest goddesses of Egypt that dates back to the first dynasty(3150 – 2890 BC). She is the patron of the Pharaoh and is often shown to spread over the king with her wings. She comes in the shape of ...
Frogswere abundant in ancient Egypt. Because there were so many of them, the Egyptians associated them were fertility, resurrection and childbirth and the gods, Heget and the gods of the Ogdoad: Nun, god of water; Amen, god of invisibility; Heh, god of infinity; and Kek god of darkness....
Because there are so many different Gods and Goddesses, they often begin to share characteristics and other titles in different points in Ancient Egyptian history. One example of this is the God Sekhmet, who is the lion Goddess of Memphis, as well as Mut, Tefnut, and Hathor have all been...
Ma'at - The Goddess of Truth and Justice Ma’at was the goddess whopersonified moral and physical law. She was the counterpart of Thoth and legends called her the “eye of Ra” because she helped guide Ra’s sun boat. Ma’at was the greatest Egyptian goddess because she never changed ...
Ancient Egyptian goddess Isis with Pharaoh Seti – Wall of the Temple of Abydos in Egypt. Egyptian wall art – blind harpist. Limestone scene from the Tomb Chapel of Paätenemheb, Sakkara. 1333-1307 B.C. Museum van Oudheden, Leiden ...
Isis Egyptian Goddess of the earth. Janus Italii, Latin or Etruscan (Ani) God of gates, doors, beginnings and endings. He was worshipped at the beginning of the harvest, the beginning of planting, at marriages, at births, etc. The month of January is named after him. Mithras Persian God...
Attic black-figured amphora depicting Athena being “reborn” from the head of Zeus, who had swallowed her mother Metis, on the right, Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth, assists, circa 550–525 BC (Musée du Louvre, Paris). /Wikimedia Commons ...
concepts and symbols of sexual union between the two opposite sexes and fertility due to its connection to the goddess Isis. The Ankh is the clearest and simple example of the ancient Egyptian understanding of immortality, future life, reproduction, and overall the concept of the cycle of life....